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Lo, This Is Our God!

Voices from Scripture tell us how men and women viewed and identified their God.

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Lo, This Is Our God!


Voices from Scripture tell us how men and women viewed and identified their God.

Famous Names


Adam—
Creator of my helper-equal from bone of my bones (Gen. 2:23)


Eve—
Giver of redemption’s Seed (Gen. 4:1)


Noah—
Lord of the rainbow of covenant (Gen. 9:12-17)


Sarah—
Maker of laughter (Gen. 21:6)


Jacob—
the One at the head of the ladder (Gen. 28:13)


Leah—
the One who hears that I am unloved and blesses me with children (Gen. 29:32-35)


Moses—
the Rock, whose work is perfect, whose ways are judgment (Deut. 32:4); our dwelling place in all generations (Ps. 90:1)


Hannah—
He who gives seven to the barren (1 Sam. 2:5)


Eli—
the One who calls children to His service (1 Sam. 3:9)


Samuel—
the Glory of Israel, the one who will neither lie, nor change His mind (1 Sam. 15:29)


Naomi—
the one who grants rest (Ruth 1:9), who is kind to the living and the dead (Ruth 2:20)


Ruth—
the God of her mother-in-law and the God she wanted, no matter what the cost (Ruth 1:16)


David—
my Shepherd, supplying all I need (Ps. 23:1); King of glory (Ps. 24:8, 10)


Solomon—
Ruler over all, who gives abundant peace (Ps. 72:8, 7)


Jonah—
the One who is gracious, compassionate, slow to anger, abundant in lovingkindness, relenting of calamity (Jonah 4:2)


Daniel—
He to whom righteousness, compassion and forgiveness belong (Dan. 9:7, 9)


Gabriel [angel]—
Messiah the Prince (Dan. 9:25); Commissioner of good news (Luke 1:19); He for whom nothing is impossible (Luke 1:37)


Mary, mother of Jesus—
One worthy of unconditional obedience (John 2:5)


Matthew—
Son of David, Son of Abraham (Matt. 1:1)


Stephen—
the One who reigns in heaven (Acts 7:55, 56)


Peter—
the impartial One (Acts 10:34, 35)


Cornelius—
One who hears Gentile prayers (Acts 10:2, 3)


Paul and Silas—
the One who is worthy of our midnight praise (Acts 16:25)


Paul—
He who purchased the church for Himself with His own blood (Acts 20:28); the One who appointed me His witness to the Gentiles (Acts 22:15-21); whose I am and whom I serve (Acts 27:23); who gives the spirit of power, love, and discipline (2 Tim. 1:7); whose salvation brings eternal glory (2 Tim. 2:10)


James—
Father of lights, giver of every good and perfect gift (James 1:17)


John—
King of kings and Lord of lords (Rev. 19:16)

Not-So-Famous People


Zophar—
He of undiscoverable depths (Job 11:7)


Elihu—
He whose breath gives understanding (Job 32:8)


Hagar—
the One who sees (Gen. 16:13)

Haters


The Pharaoh of the Exodus—
the One I do not know (Ex. 5:2)


The Philistines—
the incomparable, the mighty, who smites His enemies with all kinds of plagues (1 Sam. 4:7, 8)


Balak—
the One whose servants I can pay off (they all have their price) (Num. 22:1-17)


Balaam—
the horns of a wild ox (Num. 24:8); not a man that He should lie (Num. 23:19)


The fool—
the One who is not (Ps. 14:1)


Pharisees—
companion of tax collectors and sinners (Mark 2:16)


Scribes from Jerusalem—
demon-possessed (Mark 3:22)


Sneering rulers and a dying thief—
the One who cannot save Himself or us (Luke 23:35, 39)


The dragon—
the One who cast me out of heaven (Rev. 12:9); the Father who protects His children (Rev. 12:14); the Father whom His children obey (Rev. 12:17); the One whose children bear witness to Him (Rev. 12:17)

Nameless Partisans


The Egyptian midwives—
the One who built us houses (Ex. 1:21)


Israelites—
glorious in holiness, awesome in praises, doing wonders (Ex. 15:11)


Elders at Bethlehem’s gate—
the One whose nation builders are women (Ruth 4:11)


The women of Bethlehem—
the One who restores and sustains the aged; who provides a redeemer (Ruth 4:15, 14)


Korah’s descendants—
the health of my countenance (Ps. 42:11; 43:5)


The Shulamite—
love’s brightest flame (S. of Sol. 8:6)


Sheba’s queen—
He who loves Israel forever (1 Kings 10:9)


Nineveh’s king—
the One whose mercy may spare our lives (Jonah 3:9)


Magi—
the Babe of the star in the east, King of the Jews (Matt. 2:2)


Crowds at a house in Capernaum—
Doer of the unprecedented (Mark 2:12)


A thief on a cross—
the dying Innocent whose kingdom is to come (Luke 23:41)

Out of This World


Demon-possessed man—
holy and having no business with devils (Mark 1:23, 24)


Angel chorus—
a Savior wrapped in cloth strips, lying in a manger (Luke 2:11, 12)


The Innumerable multitude—
Author of our salvation (Rev. 7:10)


An elder, one of the 24—
He who wipes away all tears (Rev. 7:17)


An angel—
Master of time (Rev. 10:6)


Loud voices in heaven—
Inheritor of all kingdoms (Rev. 11:15)


The 24 elders—
He who is, was, and reigns (Rev. 11:17)


The 144,000—
The Lamb worth following—anywhere and everywhere (Rev. 14:4)


An angel—
The Lord and Creator of heaven and earth and all (Rev. 14:7)


The third angel—
The Judge of pure and perfect wrath (Rev. 14:10)


One of the four living creatures—
The Eternal Judge, minister of wrath (Rev. 15:7)


The angel of the waters—
The Judge who is and was, who is righteous and holy (Rev. 16:5); the One who metes out just deserts (Rev. 16:6)


The 10 last kings—
The Lamb who overcomes us (Rev. 17:14)


A voice from heaven—
Babylon’s strong Judge (Rev. 18:8)


A great multitude—
the Owner of salvation and glory and power (Rev. 19:1); the Almighty who reigns (Rev. 19:6); the glorious Groom (Rev. 19:7)


A loud voice from the throne—
He who will dwell with His people (Rev. 21:3); He who wipes tears away and who banishes death (Rev. 21:4)


God Himself—
the One who makes everything new (Rev. 21:5); the Alpha and Omega (Rev. 21:6); Beginning and End (Rev. 21:6)


One of the seven angels—
the One whose words are faithful and true (Rev. 22:6)


Jesus—
the One who is coming quickly (Rev. 22:20) 

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